We have a jam packed week of film from around the world and from right here in Canada two, with lots of hype for many of the films. An exciting week of releases unfolds...

In limited release this week we have films from 2 iconic Canadian directors, both of whom I love, with Bruce McDonalds Hard Core Logo 2 and Guy Maddins Keyhole. Also exciting to see in release is The Hunter starring Willem Dafoe based on the novel by Julia Leigh; this one was a hopeful for the Book to Film Club but it was too hard to determine the release date even though now we have it! I definitely recommend reading the book, described as a 'Tasmanian gothic'. Also out this week in limited release is Hong Kong film A Simple Life and drama/romance The Deep Blue Sea starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston (Thor). And on the documentary front Hot Docs Bloor Cinema has in release the haunting looking Girl Model as well as Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (co-directed by Werner Herzog!).

In wide release this week we have the fun horror jaunt of The Cabin in the Woods (it's clever and easily a must-see for horror fans) and the bombastic scifi/action/prison break/comedy Lockout (it's pretty entertaining although you really have to just 'go' with it). I've got my eye on StreetDance 2 which is a follow up to the 2010 dance film StreetDance and uses the classic dance-movie premise of mixing up the styles, and it looks like they mix up the cast too as it's mostly a new crew with the exception of George Sampson as Eddie and Stephanie Nguyen as Steph. Yes, I know the original StreetDance *that* well that I can tell. Also out in wide release is The Three Stooges for the slapstick comedy fans, and I'm a little suprized I only started hearing about this week - but I'm more in the StreetDance/The Cabin the in Woods/Lockout circle(s) over comedy ones.

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Dirs: Werner Herzog (Encounters at the End of the World) & Dmitry Vasyukov - feature film directorial debutDocumentaryGermanyLimited ReleaseOfficial Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

2 comments:

The Cabin in the Woods looks like it's going to be a great horror film. I'm a fan of Joss Whedon's previous work and as I've mentione before, a huge fan of horror films.

The reviews have been excellent, even though I'm wondering just how much of "game changer" this film may be, because the premise of someone controlling what occurs to the main characters doesn't seem THAT unique to me. Sure, most horror films now-a-days are about good looking people being buthered, but the premise just doesn't seem too original. Though what is in Hollywood these days.